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"The Art of Distillation" By John French. London, November 25, 1650. John French (circa 1616-1657) was an English physician who also served as an army doctor. "The Art of Distillation" is thought to be representative of the English chemistry of this period. John French was follower of Paracelsus school of alchemy/chemistry, which was skeptical of certain alchemical traditions yet dedicated to seeking medical uses for various chemicals and compounds. Note the frequent references to Paracelsus in this work. [6 Books]. 181 pages. (ARTDISTILLATION: .doc, .pdf) E
Table of Contents:
The Epistle Dedicatory. p.4
Preface. p.6
BOOK I.
WHAT DISTILLATION IS AND THE KINDS THEREOF. p.12
OF THE MATTER AND FORM OF FURNACES. p.12
OF VESSELS FIT FOR DISTILLATION. p.13
OF LUTES FOR COATING OF GLASSES AND FOR CLOSURES AS ALSO SEVERAL WAYS OF STOPPING GLASSES. p.14
AN EXPLANATION OF SUCH HARD WORDS AND TERMS OF ART WHICH ARE USED IN THIS ENSUING TREATISE. p.18
RULES TO BE CONSIDERED IN DISTILLATION. p.21
COMMON DISTILLED SIMPLE WATERS ARE MADE THUS. p.25
TO MAKE WATERS IN A COLD STILL THAT SHALL HAVE THE FULL SMELL AND VIRTUE OF THE VEGETABLE. p.25
ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE WATER TASTE AND SMELL STRONGLY OF ITS VEGETABLE. p.26
TO MAKE WATER AT ANY TIME OF THE YEAR IN A COLD STILL WITHOUT GREEN HERBS, SO THAT THE WATER SHALL SMELL STRONG OF THE HERB. p.26
ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE A WATER TASTE AND SMELL STRONG OF ITS VEGETABLES. p.26
TO MAKE THE WATER OF THE FLOWERS OF JASMINE, HONEYSUCKLES OR WOODBINE, VIOLETS, LILIES, ETC. RETAIN THE SMELL OF THEIR FLOWERS. p.26
A WATER OUT OF BERRIES IS MADE THUS. p.29
A SWEATING WATER MADE OF ELDERBERRIES. p.29
WATER OUT OF ROTTEN APPLES IS MADE THUS. p.31
HOW TO MAKE AQUA VITAE AND SPIRIT OF WINE OUT OF WINE. p.32
HOW TO MAKE AQUA VITAE OUT OF BEER. p.32
HOW TO RECTIFY SPIRIT OF WINE OR AQUA VITAE. p.33
TO MAKE THE MAGISTERY OF WINE WHICH WILL BE ONE OF THE GREATEST CORDIALS AND MOST ODORIFEROUS LIQUOR IN THE WORLD. p.33
TO MAKE ANOTHER MAGISTERY OF WINE THAT A FEW DROPS THEREOF SHALL TURN WATER INTO PERFECT WINE. p.34
TO MAKE AN OIL OF WINE. p.34
TO EXTRACT THE SPIRIT OUT OF WINE BY THE SPIRIT OF WINE. p.34
TO MAKE A VERY SUBTLE SPIRIT OF WINE AT THE FIRST DISTILLING. p.34
THE SPIRIT OF ANY VEGETABLE IS MADE THUS. p.36
THE SPIRIT OF ANY VEGETABLE MAY SUDDENLY AT ANY TIME OF THE YEAR BE MADE THUS. p.37
TO MAKE ANY VEGETABLE YIELD ITS SPIRIT QUICKLY. p.38
TO REDUCE THE WHOLE HERB INTO A LIQUOR WHICH MAY WELL BE CALLED THE ESSENCE THEREOF.p. 38
TO MAKE AN ESSENCE OF ANY HERB, WHICH BEING PUT INTO A GLASS AND HELD OVER A GENTLE FIRE, THE LIVELY FORM AND IDEA OF THE HERB WILL APPEAR IN THE GLASS. p.38
THE TRUE ESSENCE OR RATHER QUINTESSENCE OF ANY HERB IS MADE THUS. p.38
TO EXTRACT THE QUINTESSENCE OF ALL VEGETABLES. p.39
AN EXCELLENT ESSENCE OF ANY VEGETABLE MAY BE MADE THUS. p.39
WATER OR SPIRIT OF MANNA IS MADE THUS. p.39
THE CHEMICAL OIL OF THE HERB OR FLOWER OF ANY VEGETABLE IS MADE THUS. p.39
THE OIL COMMONLY CALLED THE SPIRIT OF ROSES. p.39
OILS ARE MADE OUT OF SEEDS THUS. p.40
OILS ARE MADE OUT OF BERRIES THUS. p.40
OIL IS MADE OUT OF ANY SOLID WOOD THUS. p.40
TO MAKE A MOST EXCELLENT OIL OUT OF ANY WOOD OR GUMS IN A SHORT TIME WITHOUT MUCH COST. p.41
TO MAKE VEGETABLES YIELD THEIR OIL EASILY. p.41
OIL OR SPIRIT OF TURPENTINE IS MADE THUS. p.41
OIL OF GUMS, RESINS, FAT AND OILY THINGS MAY BE DRAWN THUS. p.41
OIL OF CAMPHOR IS MADE THUS. p.41
ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE OIL OF CAMPHOR THAT IT SHALL NOT BE REDUCED AGAIN. p.42
ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE OIL OF CAMPHOR. p.42
A TRUE OIL OF SUGAR. p.42
OIL OF AMBER IS MADE THUS. p.42
OIL OF MYRRH IS MADE THUS. p.43
OIL OF MYRRH PER DELIQUIUM OR BY DISSOLUTION IS MADE THUS. p.43
OIL OF TARTAR PER DELIQUIUM, BY DISSOLUTION. p.43
OILS OF EXPRESSION ARE MADE THUS. p.43
A VOMITING & PURGING OIL MADE BY EXPRESSION. p.43
OIL OF JASMINE IS MADE THUS. p.44
TO MAKE ANY OIL OR WATER PER DESCENSUM. p.44
HOW TO MAKE AN OIL AND WATER OUT OF SOOT. p.45
HOW TO RECTIFY SPIRITS. p.45
HOW TO RECTIFY ALL STINKING THICK BLACK OILS THAT ARE MADE BY A RETORT AND TO TAKE AWAY THEIR STINK. p.46
BOOK II.
OF COMPOUND WATERS AND SPIRITS. p.48
A DISSOLVING MENSTRUUM. p.48
ANOTHER DISSOLVING MENSTRUUM OR ACETUM PHILOSOPHICUM. p.48
ANOTHER DISSOLVING MENSTRUUM. p.48
PARACELSUS HIS ELIXIR SUBTILITATIS. p.48
USQUE - BATH OR IRISH AQUA VITAE IS MADE THUS. p.49
AQUA CELESTIS IS MADE THUS. p.49
AQUA IMPERIALIS IS MADE THUS. p.49
AQUA MIRABILIS IS MADE THUS. p.50
DR. STEPHEN'S WATER IS MADE THUS. p.50
A FAMOUS SURFEIT WATER. p.50
A PECTORAL WATER. p.51
A VERY EXCELLENT WATER AGAINST THE WORMS. p.51
A WATER AGAINST THE CONVULSIONS. p.51
A HYDROPICAL WATER. p.52
A HYDROPICAL WATER. p.52
A WATER AGAINST THE VERTIGO AND CONVULSIONS. p.52
A COMPOUND WATER OF BURRE ROOT CAUSING SWEAT. p.53
ANOTHER EXCELLENT SUDORIFIC AND PLAGUE WATER. p.53
DR. BURGES, HIS PLAGUE WATER. p.53
CROLLIUS, HIS TREAKLE WATER CAMPHORATED. p.54
A DISTILLED TREAKLE VINEGAR. p.54
AN EXCELLENT WATER AGAINST THE STONE IN THE KIDNEYS. p.54
ANOTHER WATER FOR THE SAME USE. p.55
TO MAKE AN EXCELLENT WOUND WATER. p.55
DR. MATHIAS, HIS PALSY WATER IS MADE THUS. p.55
A SCORBUTICAL WATER OR A COMPOUND WATER OF HORSERADISH IS MADE THUS. p.56
SPIRIT OF CASTOR IS MADE THUS. p.56
BEZEARD WATER IS MADE THUS. p.57
TO MAKE A SPECIFICAL SUDORIFIC. p.57
TREAKLE WATER IS MADE THUS. p.57
AQUA MARIAE IS MADE THUS. p.58
THE MOTHER WATER COMMONLY CALLED HYSTERICAL WATER IS MADE THUS. p.58
A VOMITING WATER IS MADE THUS. p.58
A VOMITING WATER MADE BY PLATEAUS. p.58
A DISTILLED WATER THAT PURGES WITHOUT ANY PAIN OR GRIPING. p.58
A SPECIFIC LIQUOR AGAINST THE TOOTHACHE. p.59
BOOK III
OF MINERALS. p.60
SPIRIT OF SALT IS MADE THUS. p.60
OIL OR SPIRIT OF SALT MAY ALSO BE MADE AFTER THIS MANNER. p.61
TO TURN SALTPETRE INTO A WATER BY A MERE DIGESTION. p.61
SPIRIT OF SALT ARMONIAC. p.61
OIL OR SPIRIT OF VITRIOL IS MADE THUS. p.61
A RED AND HEAVY OIL OF VITRIOL. p.62
TO DULCIFY THE SPIRIT OF VITRIOL AND OF SALT. p.62
GILLA THEOPHRASTI OR A MOST DELICATE VOMITING LIQUOR MADE OF VITRIOL. p.62
OIL OF SULPHUR PER CAMPANUM. p.62
THE OIL OF SULPHUR IS MADE AFTER A MORE PHILOSOPHICAL MANNER THUS. p.63
THE ESSENCE OF SULPHUR. p.63
THE OIL OF ARSENIC IS MADE THUS. p.64
AQUA FORTIS OR A STRONG SPIRIT (THAT WILL DISSOLVE SILVER AND BASER METALS) IS MADE THUS. p.64
AQUA REGIA OR STYGIA OR A STRONG SPIRIT THAT WILL DISSOLVE GOLD IS MADE THUS. p.64
ANOTHER AQUA REGIA IS MADE THUS. p.64
TO MAKE A MOST STRONG AND VEHEMENT AQUA FORTIS. p.64
OIL OR BUTTER OF ANTIMONY IS MADE THUS. p.65
HOW TO MAKE A WATER OUT OF ANTIMONY WHEREOF A FEW DROPS SHALL PURGE OR SWEAT AND WHICH HAS NEITHER SMELL OR SCARCE ANY TASTE. p.65
TO MAKE AN OIL OR QUINTESSENCE OF METALS. p.66
THE TRUE SPIRIT OF ANTIMONY IS MADE THUS. p.66
A BURNING SPIRIT MADE OUT OF LEAD MOST FRAGRANT AND BALSAMICAL. p.66
HOW TO TURN QUICKSILVER INTO A WATER WITHOUT MIXING ANYTHING WITH IT AND TO MAKE THEREOF A GOOD PURGATIVE AND DIAPHORETIC MEDICINE. p.67
A FRAGRANT OIL OF MERCURY. p.67
TO TURN MERCURY INTO A WATER BY ITSELF. p.68
TO MAKE AN OIL OF LAPIS CALAMINARIS. p.71
TO MAKE OIL OF TALC. p.71
TO MAKE OIL OF TALC ANOTHER WAY. p.71
SPIRIT OF UNSLAKED LIME IS MADE THUS. p.72
OIL MADE OUT OF TILE STONES CALLED THE OIL OF PHILOSOPHERS. p.72
THE LIQUOR OR WATER OF CORAL IS MADE THUS. p.73
TO MAKE A WATER OUT OF LAPIS ARMENUS THAT SHALL HAVE NEITHER TASTE NOR SMELL A FEW DROPS WHEREOF SHALL PURGE. p.73
HOW TO MAKE A FURNACE THAT SHALL OF ITSELF WITHOUT ANY VESSELS WHICH SHOULD CONTAIN THE MATTER BEING PUT INTO IT SUBLIME MINERALS AND DISTILL ALL MANNER OF OILS AND SPIRITS OUT OF MINERALS, VEGETABLES, AND ANIMALS AND THAT IN A VERY GREAT QUANTITY IN A VERY SHORT TIME AND WITH SMALL COST. p.73
ROS VITRIOLI IS MADE THUS. p.76
A SWEET GREEN OIL OF VITRIOL IS MADE THUS. p.77
THE SULPHUR OF VITRIOL MAY WITH SPIRIT OF WINE BE EXTRACTED THUS. p.77
A SUDORIFIC WATER TO BE USED OUTWARDLY. p.77
HOW TO RECTIFY OILS AND SPIRITS OF MINERALS. p.78
BOOK IV
OF ANIMALS
WATERS, SPIRITS, AND OILS, SIMPLE AND COMPOUND OUT OF ANIMALS. p.79
OIL AND WATER OUT OF BLOOD IS MADE THUS. p.79
TO MAKE THE MAGISTERY OF BLOOD. p.79
ELIXIR OF MUMMY IS MADE THUS. p.79
THE ESSENCE OF MAN'S BRAINS. p.79
A FAMOUS SPIRIT MADE OUT OF CRANIUM HUMANUM. p.80
ANOTHER EXCELLENT SPIRIT MADE OUT OF CRANIUM, HARTS HORN, OR IVORY. p.80
A WATER AND OIL MADE OUT OF HAIR. p.81
WATER OF MILK IS MADE THUS. p.81
AN EXCELLENT COMPOUND WATER OF MILK FOR ANY INFLAMMATIONS IN THE EYES. p.81
SPIRIT OF URINE IS MADE THUS. p.81
A COMPOUND SPIRIT OF URINE. p.82
TO MAKE A SPIRIT OF HONEY. p.82
THE QUINTESSENCE OF HONEY IS MADE THUS. p.82
SOME MAKE THE QUINTESSENCE OF HONEY AFTER THIS MANNER. p.82
AN ESSENCE OF HONEY MAY BE MADE THUS. p.83
A MOST STRONG SPIRIT OF THE VINEGAR OF HONEY. p.83
OIL OR QUINTESSENCE OF WAX. p.83
WATER IS MADE OUT OF FLESH THUS. p.83
WATER OR LIQUOR IS MADE OUT OF FLESH THUS. p.84
A VERY EXCELLENT RESTORATIVE LIQUOR. p.84
A BALSAM MADE OF BEAR'S FAT. p.85
THE OIL OF SNAKES AND ADDERS. p.85
THE QUINTESSENCE OF SNAKES, ADDERS, OR VIPERS. p.85
VIPER WINE IS MADE THUS. p.86
KUNRATH'S FAMOUS WATER CALLED AQUA MAGNANIMITATIS. p.86
ANOTHER AQUA MAGNANIMITATIS IS MADE THUS. p.87
WATER OF DUNG IS MADE THUS. p.87
A WATER OF DOVES' DUNG IS MADE THUS. p.87
A WATER MADE OF HORSE DUNG. p.87
A WATER SMELLING LIKE AMBER MADE BY PARACELSUS OUT OF COW DUNG. p.87
AN EXCELLENT SUDORIFIC MADE OF THE YOUNG BUDS OF HARTSHORN. p.88
OIL OUT OF BONES AND HORNS IS MADE THUS. p.88
THE WATER OF SWALLOWS AGAINST THE FALLING SICKNESS. p.88
OIL OF EGGS IS MADE THUS. p.88
A WATER OF THE WHITES OF EGGS THAT WILL CURE A WOUND WITHOUT ANY VISIBLE SCAR. p.88
A WATER OF CRABS IS MADE THUS. p.89
AN OIL OR LIQUOR IS MADE OUT OF CRAB EYES THUS. p.89
WATER OF SPAWN OF FROGS IS MADE THUS. p.89
A COMPOUND WATER OF THE SPERM OF FROGS. p.89
ANOTHER COMPOUND WATER OF THE SPERM OF FROGS. p.89
BOOK V
A MISCELLANY OF SPAGYRICAL EXPERIMENTS AND CURIOSITIES. p.91
THE SPAGYRICAL ANATOMY OF WATER. p.91
THE SPAGYRICAL ANATOMY OF WINE. p.94
THE FAMOUS ARCANUM OR RESTORATIVE MEDICAMENT OF PARACELSUS CALLED HIS HOMUNCULUS. p.96
AN ARTIFICIAL WAY TO MAKE FLESH. p.99
PARACELSUS, HIS WAY FOR THE RAISING OF A DEAD BIRD TO LIFE AND FOR THE GENERATING MANY SERPENTS OF ONE BOTH WHICH ARE PERFORMED BY PURTEFACTION. p.99
TO MAKE AN ARTIFICIAL MALLAGO WINE. p.100
TO MAKE AN ARTIFICIAL CLARET WINE. p.100
AN ARTIFICIAL MALMESEY. p.100
TO MAKE AN EXCELLENT AROMATICAL HYPPOCRAS. p.101
TO MAKE EXCELLENT HYPPOCRAS WINE IN AN INSTANT. p.101
ANOTHER WAY TO MAKE HYPPOCRAS OR MAKE ANY WINE TO TASTE OF ANY VEGETABLE IN AN INSTANT. p.102
TO MAKE A GOOD RASPBERRY WINE. p.102
TWO OTHER WAYS TO MAKE IT ALL THE YEAR AT AN INSTANT. p.102
TO MAKE MEAD OR METHEGLIN THAT IT SHALL TASTE STALE AND QUICK WITHIN A FORTNIGHT AND BE FIT TO DRINK. p.103
TO MAKE A SPIRIT OF AMBERGRIS THAT A FEW DROPS THEREOF SHALL PERFUME A PINT OF WINE MOST RICHLY. p.103
AN EXCELLENT SWEET WATER. p.103
TO PURIFY AND TO GIVE AN EXCELLENT SMELL AND TASTE UNTO OIL OF OLIVE THAT THEY THAT LOATHE IT MAY DELIGHT TO EAT IT. p.103
ANOTHER WAY. p.104
TO PURIFY BUTTER THAT IT SHALL KEEP FRESH AND SWEET A LONG TIME AND BE MOST WONDERFUL SWEET IN TASTE. p.104
TO MAKE BUTTER TASTE OF ANY VEGETABLE WITHOUT ALTERING THE COLOR THEREOF. p.104
TO MAKE CHEESE TASTE STRONG OF ANY VEGETABLE WITHOUT DISCOLORING OF IT. p.105
TO PURIFY AND REFINE SUGAR. p.105
TO MAKE A VEGETABLE GROW AND BECOME MORE GLORIOUS THAN ANY OF ITS SPECIES. p.105
TO MAKE A PLANT GROW IN TWO OR THREE HOURS. p.105
TO MAKE THE IDEA OF ANY PLANT APPEAR IN A GLASS AS IF THE VERY PLANT ITSELF WERE THERE. p.106
TO MAKE FIR TREES APPEAR IN TURPENTINE. p.106
TO MAKE HARTSHORN SEEMINGLY TO GROW IN A GLASS. p.106
TO MAKE GOLDEN MOUNTAINS AS IT WERE APPEAR IN A GLASS. p.106
TO MAKE THE REPRESENTATION OF THE WHOLE WORLD IN A GLASS. p.107
TO MAKE FOUR ELEMENTS APPEAR IN A GLASS. p.107
TO MAKE A PERPETUAL MOTION IN A GLASS. p.107
TO MAKE A LUMINOUS WATER THAT SHALL GIVE LIGHT BY NIGHT. p.107
TO MAKE A VAPOR IN A CHAMBER THAT HE THAT ENTERS INTO IT WITH A CANDLE SHALL THINK THE ROOM TO BE ON FIRE. p.108
TO MAKE POWDER THAT BY SPITTING UPON SHALL BE INFLAMED. p.108
TO FORTIFY A LOADSTONE THAT IT SHALL BE ABLE TO DRAW A NAIL OUT OF A PIECE OF WOOD. p.109
TO MAKE QUICKSILVER MALLEABLE IN SEVEN HOURS. p.109
TO REDUCE GLASS INTO ITS FIRST PRINCIPLES VIZ. SAND AND SALT. p.109
TO WRITE OR ENGRAVE UPON AN EGG OR PIBBLE WITH WAX OR GREASE. p.109
TO MAKE ARTIFICIAL PEARL AS GLORIOUS AS ANY ORIENTAL. p.110
TO MAKE A MINERAL PERFUME. p.110
THE OIL OR LIQUOR OF SAND, FLINTS, PEBBLES, OR CRYSTALS FOR THE AFORESAID PREPARATION IS MADE THUS. p.110
TO MAKE STEEL GROW IN A GLASS LIKE A TREE. p.111
TO MELT A METAL IN ONE'S HAND WITHOUT BURNING OF THE HAND. p.111
AN OBSERVATION UPON THE BEAMS OF THE SUN AND HEAT OF THE FIRE HOW THEY ADD WEIGHT TO MINERAL & METAL BODIES. p.111
TO EXTRACT A WHITE MILKY SUBSTANCE FROM THE RAYS OF THE MOON. p.113
TO CONDENSE THE AIR IN THE HEAT OF SUMMER AND IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY INTO WATER. p.113
HOW TWO SORTS OF VOLATILE SALTS WILL BE FIXED BY JOINING THEM TOGETHER. p.113
TO MAKE AN UNGUENT THAT A FEW GRAINS THEREOF BEING APPLIED OUTWARDLY WILL CAUSE VOMITING OR LOOSNESS AS YOU PLEASE. p.114
HOW TO MAKE A MEDICINE THAT HALF A GRAIN THEREOF BEING TAKEN EVERY MORNING WILL KEEP THE BODY SOLUBLE. p.114
TO MAKE A CORDIAL STOMACHICAL AND PURGATIVE TINCTURE. p.114
ANOTHER. p.114
TO REDUCE DISTILLED TURPENTINE INTO ITS BODY AGAIN. p.115
TO MAKE THE DISTILLED OIL OUT OF ANY HERB, SEED, OR FLOWER IN AN INSTANT WITHOUT ANY FURNACE. p.115
TO MAKE WATER AND THE TINCTURE OF ANY VEGETABLE AT THE SAME TIME WHICH IS AN EXCELLENT WAY TO DRAW OUT THE VIRTUE THEREOF. p.116
A WAY TO SEPARATE FRESH WATER FROM SALT WITHOUT A FURNACE OR MUCH TROUBLE. p.116
A WAY TO PURGE AND PURIFY TROUBLED AND MUDDY WATERS. p.117
ANY THICK ANOTHER WAY TO PURIFY MUDDY, OR FECULENT LIQUOR. p.118
TO KEEP FIRE IN A GLASS THAT WHILE THE GLASS IS SHUT WILL NOT BURN BUT AS SOON AS IT IS OPENED WILL BE INFLAMED. p.118
ANOTHER LAMP FURNACE. p.120
TO MAKE A CANDLE THAT SHALL LAST LONG. p.121
TO MAKE A LASTING AND DURABLE OIL. p.121
PHILOSOPHICAL BELLOWS. p.122
AN EXCELLENT INVENTION TO MAKE A FIRE. p.123
A NEW INVENTION FOR BATHS. p.123
AN ARTIFICIAL BATH MADE FROM THE SAME PRINCIPLES AS THE NATURAL BATH IS. p.125
AN ARTIFICIAL TUNBRIDGE AND EPSOM WATER. p.129
TO MAKE ARTIFICIAL PRECIOUS STONES OF ALL SORTS OF COLORS. p.130
TO PROVE WHAT KIND OF METAL THERE IS IN ANY ORE ALTHOUGH YOU HAVE BUT A VERY FEW GRAINS THEREOF SO AS THAT YOU CANNOT MAKE PROOF THEREOF THE ORDINARY WAY WITH LEAD. p.132
A PRETTY OBSERVATION UPON THE MELTING OF COPPER AND TIN TOGETHER. p.132
A REMARKABLE OBSERVATION UPON THE MELTING OF SALT ARMONIAC AND CALX VIVE TOGETHER. p.132
AN EASY AND CHEAP POWDER LIKE UNTO AURUM FULMINANS. p.133
TO MAKE THE ANTIMONIAL CUP AND TO CAST DIVERSE FIGURES OF ANTIMONY. p.133
BOOK VI
THE SPAGYRICAL ANATOMY OF GOLD AND SILVER TOGETHER WITH THE CURIOSITIES THEREIN AND CHIEFEST PREPARATIONS THEREOF. p.135
DR. ANTHONY'S FAMOUS AURUM POTABILE AND OIL OF GOLD. p.140
THE TRUE OIL OF GOLD. p.142
A TINCTURE OF GOLD. p.142
ANOTHER TINCTURE OF GOLD. p.142
ANOTHER TINCTURE OF GOLD. p.142
ANOTHER TINCTURE. p.143
ANOTHER TINCTURE. p.143
AURUM FULMINANS. p.143
TO MAKE GOLD GROW IN A GLASS LIKE A TREE WHICH IS CALLED THE GOLDEN TREE OF THE PHILOSOPHERS. p.144
ANOTHER WAY. p.145
TO MAKE GOLD GROW AND BE INCREASED IN THE EARTH. p.145
A REMARKABLE OBSERVATION UPON A GOLDEN MARCASITE. p.145
THE VIRTUES OF THE AFORESAID PREPARATIONS OF GOLD. p.146
THE PREPARATIONS OF SILVER IN GENERAL. p.147
A GREEN TINCTURE OF SILVER. p.147
A GREEN OIL OF SILVER. p.147
TO MAKE OIL OF SILVER PER DELIQUIUM. p.148
TO MAKE A LIQUOR OF SILVER THAT SHALL MAKE THE GLASS WHEREIN IT IS SO EXCEEDING COLD THAT NO MAN IS ABLE FOR THE COLDNESS THEREOF TO HOLD IT IN HIS HAND ANY LONG TIME. p.148
TO MAKE SILVER AS WHITE AS SNOW. p.148
TO MAKE THE SILVER TREE OF THE PHILOSOPHERS. p.148
THE PROCESS OF THE ELIXIR ACCORDING TO PARACELSUS. p.149
THE PROCESS OF THE ELIXIR ACCORDING TO DIVI LESCHI GENUS AMO. p.150
THE PROCESS OF THE PHILOSOPHERS STONE ACCORDING TO PONTANUS. p.150
THE SMARAGDINE TABLE OF HERMES FROM WHENCE ALL ALCHEMY DID ARISE. p.151
POSTSCRIPT. p.151